Ronald Reagan’s Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon

[WheelieAddict]

It's funny how quick some people are to tell you that a particular white public figure is not racist. I remember several here trying to argue with me about how I see racism in everything because I said Trump was a racist. Now that Trump has shown his racism, people who have denied this have egg splattered all over their faces. We still see many here who try denying Trumps racism.

The same thing was done for Reagan, but you see, the truth always wins. And we should feel for Ol Ronnie because he's now in a situation where he faces the ultimate consequences for his actions. There is no spokesman to try explaining away his racism so people can tell those like me how I am just making it up.

Ronald Reagan’s Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon

In newly unearthed audio, the then–California governor disparaged African delegates to the United Nations.
Jul 30, 2019
Tim Naftali

The day after the United Nations voted to recognize the People’s Republic of China, then–California Governor Ronald Reagan phoned President Richard Nixon at the White House and vented his frustration at the delegates who had sided against the United States. “Last night, I tell you, to watch that thing on television as I did,” Reagan said. “Yeah,” Nixon interjected. Reagan forged ahead with his complaint: “To see those, those monkeys from those African countries—damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes!” Nixon gave a huge laugh.

Ronald Reagan's Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon

It was well before the monolithic doctrine of Political Correctness set in and we were allowed to laugh.

No. He hired the vile Lee Atwater to run the southern strategy and allowed the rabid radical religious right a seat at a table at which l they had no place

Yeah, I had forgotten about the whole "Southern Strategy" thing.

As a member of the Reagan administration in 1981, Atwater gave an anonymous interview to political scientist Alexander P. Lamis. Part of the interview was printed in Lamis' book The Two-Party South, then reprinted in Southern Politics in the 1990s with Atwater's name revealed. Bob Herbert reported on the interview in the October 6, 2005, issue of The New York Times. On November 13, 2012, The Nation magazine released a 42-minute audio recording of the interview.[10] James Carter IV, grandson of former president Jimmy Carter, had asked and been granted access to these tapes by Lamis' widow. Atwater talked about the Republican Southern strategy:

Atwater: As to the whole Southern strategy that Harry S. Dent, Sr. and others put together in 1968, opposition to the Voting Rights Act would have been a central part of keeping the South. Now you don't have to do that. All that you need to do to keep the South is for Reagan to run in place on the issues that he's campaigned on since 1964, and that's fiscal conservatism, balancing the budget, cut taxes, you know, the whole cluster.

Questioner: But the fact is, isn't it, that Reagan does get to the Wallace voter and to the racist side of the Wallace voter by doing away with legal services, by cutting down on food stamps?

Atwater: Y'all don't quote me on this. You start out in 1954 by saying, "******, ******, ******". By 1968 you can't say "******"—that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states' rights and all that stuff. You're getting so abstract now [that] you're talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you're talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is [that] blacks get hurt worse than whites. And subconsciously maybe that is part of it. I'm not saying that. But I'm saying that if it is getting that abstract, and that coded, that we are doing away with the racial problem one way or the other. You follow me—because obviously sitting around saying, "We want to cut this", is much more abstract than even the busing thing, and a hell of a lot more abstract than "******, ******". So, any way you look at it, race is coming on the backbone.[11][12][13]

Atwater also argued that Reagan did not need to make racial appeals, suggesting that Reagan's issues transcended the racial prism of the "Southern Strategy":

Atwater: But Reagan did not have to do a southern strategy for two reasons. Number one, race was not a dominant issue. And number two, the mainstream issues in this campaign had been, quote, southern issues since way back in the sixties. So Reagan goes out and campaigns on the issues of economics and of national defense. The whole campaign was devoid of any kind of racism, any kind of reference. And I'll tell you another thing you all need to think about, that even surprised me, is the lack of interest, really, the lack of knowledge right now in the South among white voters about the Voting Rights Act.[14]

Lee Atwater - Wikipedia

And, I fucking HATE the Jesus Nazis. Don't even get me started. Those fools deserve NO tent.

.

Religion needs to stay out of politics, no matter what yours is or what you believe.Republicans have gone all in with the religion bullshit. they are like a cult. 90% approval rating of the most un-christian president in decades. Sheep, and never should be taken seriously again.

People like Trump for different reasons-I think religion is low on the list.

Integrity must be low on the list too, dude lies at least twice a day. If religion is out then what is left? Trump is an asshole and I like that?

 

[Third Party]

It was well before the monolithic doctrine of Political Correctness set in and we were allowed to laugh.

No. He hired the vile Lee Atwater to run the southern strategy and allowed the rabid radical religious right a seat at a table at which l they had no place

Yeah, I had forgotten about the whole "Southern Strategy" thing.

As a member of the Reagan administration in 1981, Atwater gave an anonymous interview to political scientist Alexander P. Lamis. Part of the interview was printed in Lamis' book The Two-Party South, then reprinted in Southern Politics in the 1990s with Atwater's name revealed. Bob Herbert reported on the interview in the October 6, 2005, issue of The New York Times. On November 13, 2012, The Nation magazine released a 42-minute audio recording of the interview.[10] James Carter IV, grandson of former president Jimmy Carter, had asked and been granted access to these tapes by Lamis' widow. Atwater talked about the Republican Southern strategy:

Atwater: As to the whole Southern strategy that Harry S. Dent, Sr. and others put together in 1968, opposition to the Voting Rights Act would have been a central part of keeping the South. Now you don't have to do that. All that you need to do to keep the South is for Reagan to run in place on the issues that he's campaigned on since 1964, and that's fiscal conservatism, balancing the budget, cut taxes, you know, the whole cluster.

Questioner: But the fact is, isn't it, that Reagan does get to the Wallace voter and to the racist side of the Wallace voter by doing away with legal services, by cutting down on food stamps?

Atwater: Y'all don't quote me on this. You start out in 1954 by saying, "******, ******, ******". By 1968 you can't say "******"—that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states' rights and all that stuff. You're getting so abstract now [that] you're talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you're talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is [that] blacks get hurt worse than whites. And subconsciously maybe that is part of it. I'm not saying that. But I'm saying that if it is getting that abstract, and that coded, that we are doing away with the racial problem one way or the other. You follow me—because obviously sitting around saying, "We want to cut this", is much more abstract than even the busing thing, and a hell of a lot more abstract than "******, ******". So, any way you look at it, race is coming on the backbone.[11][12][13]

Atwater also argued that Reagan did not need to make racial appeals, suggesting that Reagan's issues transcended the racial prism of the "Southern Strategy":

Atwater: But Reagan did not have to do a southern strategy for two reasons. Number one, race was not a dominant issue. And number two, the mainstream issues in this campaign had been, quote, southern issues since way back in the sixties. So Reagan goes out and campaigns on the issues of economics and of national defense. The whole campaign was devoid of any kind of racism, any kind of reference. And I'll tell you another thing you all need to think about, that even surprised me, is the lack of interest, really, the lack of knowledge right now in the South among white voters about the Voting Rights Act.[14]

Lee Atwater - Wikipedia

And, I fucking HATE the Jesus Nazis. Don't even get me started. Those fools deserve NO tent.

.

Religion needs to stay out of politics, no matter what yours is or what you believe.Republicans have gone all in with the religion bullshit. they are like a cult. 90% approval rating of the most un-christian president in decades. Sheep, and never should be taken seriously again.

People like Trump for different reasons-I think religion is low on the list.

Integrity must be low on the list too, dude lies at least twice a day. If religion is out then what is left? Trump is an asshole and I like that?

I don't like him but he is a better choice than any I have seen from the Democrats.

 

[Truth1253]

It was well before the monolithic doctrine of Political Correctness set in and we were allowed to laugh.

No. He hired the vile Lee Atwater to run the southern strategy and allowed the rabid radical religious right a seat at a table at which l they had no place

Yeah, I had forgotten about the whole "Southern Strategy" thing.

As a member of the Reagan administration in 1981, Atwater gave an anonymous interview to political scientist Alexander P. Lamis. Part of the interview was printed in Lamis' book The Two-Party South, then reprinted in Southern Politics in the 1990s with Atwater's name revealed. Bob Herbert reported on the interview in the October 6, 2005, issue of The New York Times. On November 13, 2012, The Nation magazine released a 42-minute audio recording of the interview.[10] James Carter IV, grandson of former president Jimmy Carter, had asked and been granted access to these tapes by Lamis' widow. Atwater talked about the Republican Southern strategy:

Atwater: As to the whole Southern strategy that Harry S. Dent, Sr. and others put together in 1968, opposition to the Voting Rights Act would have been a central part of keeping the South. Now you don't have to do that. All that you need to do to keep the South is for Reagan to run in place on the issues that he's campaigned on since 1964, and that's fiscal conservatism, balancing the budget, cut taxes, you know, the whole cluster.

Questioner: But the fact is, isn't it, that Reagan does get to the Wallace voter and to the racist side of the Wallace voter by doing away with legal services, by cutting down on food stamps?

Atwater: Y'all don't quote me on this. You start out in 1954 by saying, "******, ******, ******". By 1968 you can't say "******"—that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states' rights and all that stuff. You're getting so abstract now [that] you're talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you're talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is [that] blacks get hurt worse than whites. And subconsciously maybe that is part of it. I'm not saying that. But I'm saying that if it is getting that abstract, and that coded, that we are doing away with the racial problem one way or the other. You follow me—because obviously sitting around saying, "We want to cut this", is much more abstract than even the busing thing, and a hell of a lot more abstract than "******, ******". So, any way you look at it, race is coming on the backbone.[11][12][13]

Atwater also argued that Reagan did not need to make racial appeals, suggesting that Reagan's issues transcended the racial prism of the "Southern Strategy":

Atwater: But Reagan did not have to do a southern strategy for two reasons. Number one, race was not a dominant issue. And number two, the mainstream issues in this campaign had been, quote, southern issues since way back in the sixties. So Reagan goes out and campaigns on the issues of economics and of national defense. The whole campaign was devoid of any kind of racism, any kind of reference. And I'll tell you another thing you all need to think about, that even surprised me, is the lack of interest, really, the lack of knowledge right now in the South among white voters about the Voting Rights Act.[14]

Lee Atwater - Wikipedia

And, I fucking HATE the Jesus Nazis. Don't even get me started. Those fools deserve NO tent.

.

Religion needs to stay out of politics, no matter what yours is or what you believe.Republicans have gone all in with the religion bullshit. they are like a cult. 90% approval rating of the most un-christian president in decades. Sheep, and never should be taken seriously again.

People like Trump for different reasons-I think religion is low on the list.

Integrity must be low on the list too, dude lies at least twice a day. If religion is out then what is left? Trump is an asshole and I like that?

Well you better get used to that asshole because he ain’t going nowhere

 

[WheelieAddict]

No. He hired the vile Lee Atwater to run the southern strategy and allowed the rabid radical religious right a seat at a table at which l they had no place

Yeah, I had forgotten about the whole "Southern Strategy" thing.

As a member of the Reagan administration in 1981, Atwater gave an anonymous interview to political scientist Alexander P. Lamis. Part of the interview was printed in Lamis' book The Two-Party South, then reprinted in Southern Politics in the 1990s with Atwater's name revealed. Bob Herbert reported on the interview in the October 6, 2005, issue of The New York Times. On November 13, 2012, The Nation magazine released a 42-minute audio recording of the interview.[10] James Carter IV, grandson of former president Jimmy Carter, had asked and been granted access to these tapes by Lamis' widow. Atwater talked about the Republican Southern strategy:

Atwater: As to the whole Southern strategy that Harry S. Dent, Sr. and others put together in 1968, opposition to the Voting Rights Act would have been a central part of keeping the South. Now you don't have to do that. All that you need to do to keep the South is for Reagan to run in place on the issues that he's campaigned on since 1964, and that's fiscal conservatism, balancing the budget, cut taxes, you know, the whole cluster.

Questioner: But the fact is, isn't it, that Reagan does get to the Wallace voter and to the racist side of the Wallace voter by doing away with legal services, by cutting down on food stamps?

Atwater: Y'all don't quote me on this. You start out in 1954 by saying, "******, ******, ******". By 1968 you can't say "******"—that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states' rights and all that stuff. You're getting so abstract now [that] you're talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you're talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is [that] blacks get hurt worse than whites. And subconsciously maybe that is part of it. I'm not saying that. But I'm saying that if it is getting that abstract, and that coded, that we are doing away with the racial problem one way or the other. You follow me—because obviously sitting around saying, "We want to cut this", is much more abstract than even the busing thing, and a hell of a lot more abstract than "******, ******". So, any way you look at it, race is coming on the backbone.[11][12][13]

Atwater also argued that Reagan did not need to make racial appeals, suggesting that Reagan's issues transcended the racial prism of the "Southern Strategy":

Atwater: But Reagan did not have to do a southern strategy for two reasons. Number one, race was not a dominant issue. And number two, the mainstream issues in this campaign had been, quote, southern issues since way back in the sixties. So Reagan goes out and campaigns on the issues of economics and of national defense. The whole campaign was devoid of any kind of racism, any kind of reference. And I'll tell you another thing you all need to think about, that even surprised me, is the lack of interest, really, the lack of knowledge right now in the South among white voters about the Voting Rights Act.[14]

Lee Atwater - Wikipedia

And, I fucking HATE the Jesus Nazis. Don't even get me started. Those fools deserve NO tent.

.

Religion needs to stay out of politics, no matter what yours is or what you believe.Republicans have gone all in with the religion bullshit. they are like a cult. 90% approval rating of the most un-christian president in decades. Sheep, and never should be taken seriously again.

People like Trump for different reasons-I think religion is low on the list.

Integrity must be low on the list too, dude lies at least twice a day. If religion is out then what is left? Trump is an asshole and I like that?

Well you better get used to that asshole because he ain’t going nowhere

You could be right. Incumbents win most of the time if the economy isn't in the shitter.

 

[WheelieAddict]

No. He hired the vile Lee Atwater to run the southern strategy and allowed the rabid radical religious right a seat at a table at which l they had no place

Yeah, I had forgotten about the whole "Southern Strategy" thing.

As a member of the Reagan administration in 1981, Atwater gave an anonymous interview to political scientist Alexander P. Lamis. Part of the interview was printed in Lamis' book The Two-Party South, then reprinted in Southern Politics in the 1990s with Atwater's name revealed. Bob Herbert reported on the interview in the October 6, 2005, issue of The New York Times. On November 13, 2012, The Nation magazine released a 42-minute audio recording of the interview.[10] James Carter IV, grandson of former president Jimmy Carter, had asked and been granted access to these tapes by Lamis' widow. Atwater talked about the Republican Southern strategy:

Atwater: As to the whole Southern strategy that Harry S. Dent, Sr. and others put together in 1968, opposition to the Voting Rights Act would have been a central part of keeping the South. Now you don't have to do that. All that you need to do to keep the South is for Reagan to run in place on the issues that he's campaigned on since 1964, and that's fiscal conservatism, balancing the budget, cut taxes, you know, the whole cluster.

Questioner: But the fact is, isn't it, that Reagan does get to the Wallace voter and to the racist side of the Wallace voter by doing away with legal services, by cutting down on food stamps?

Atwater: Y'all don't quote me on this. You start out in 1954 by saying, "******, ******, ******". By 1968 you can't say "******"—that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states' rights and all that stuff. You're getting so abstract now [that] you're talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you're talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is [that] blacks get hurt worse than whites. And subconsciously maybe that is part of it. I'm not saying that. But I'm saying that if it is getting that abstract, and that coded, that we are doing away with the racial problem one way or the other. You follow me—because obviously sitting around saying, "We want to cut this", is much more abstract than even the busing thing, and a hell of a lot more abstract than "******, ******". So, any way you look at it, race is coming on the backbone.[11][12][13]

Atwater also argued that Reagan did not need to make racial appeals, suggesting that Reagan's issues transcended the racial prism of the "Southern Strategy":

Atwater: But Reagan did not have to do a southern strategy for two reasons. Number one, race was not a dominant issue. And number two, the mainstream issues in this campaign had been, quote, southern issues since way back in the sixties. So Reagan goes out and campaigns on the issues of economics and of national defense. The whole campaign was devoid of any kind of racism, any kind of reference. And I'll tell you another thing you all need to think about, that even surprised me, is the lack of interest, really, the lack of knowledge right now in the South among white voters about the Voting Rights Act.[14]

Lee Atwater - Wikipedia

And, I fucking HATE the Jesus Nazis. Don't even get me started. Those fools deserve NO tent.

.

Religion needs to stay out of politics, no matter what yours is or what you believe.Republicans have gone all in with the religion bullshit. they are like a cult. 90% approval rating of the most un-christian president in decades. Sheep, and never should be taken seriously again.

People like Trump for different reasons-I think religion is low on the list.

Integrity must be low on the list too, dude lies at least twice a day. If religion is out then what is left? Trump is an asshole and I like that?

I don't like him but he is a better choice than any I have seen from the Democrats.

So a dude that ran a sham university for quick money, aka a scam, never tells the truth, and is a prick to everyone is better to you, no better alternative you have seen yet. For fuck sakes

 

[Truth1253]

Yeah, I had forgotten about the whole "Southern Strategy" thing.

And, I fucking HATE the Jesus Nazis. Don't even get me started. Those fools deserve NO tent.

.

Religion needs to stay out of politics, no matter what yours is or what you believe.Republicans have gone all in with the religion bullshit. they are like a cult. 90% approval rating of the most un-christian president in decades. Sheep, and never should be taken seriously again.

People like Trump for different reasons-I think religion is low on the list.

Integrity must be low on the list too, dude lies at least twice a day. If religion is out then what is left? Trump is an asshole and I like that?

Well you better get used to that asshole because he ain’t going nowhere

You could be right. Incumbents win most of the time if the economy isn't in the shitter.

Best President of all time GOAT

 

[Meathead]

It's funny how quick some people are to tell you that a particular white public figure is not racist. I remember several here trying to argue with me about how I see racism in everything because I said Trump was a racist. Now that Trump has shown his racism, people who have denied this have egg splattered all over their faces. We still see many here who try denying Trumps racism.

The same thing was done for Reagan, but you see, the truth always wins. And we should feel for Ol Ronnie because he's now in a situation where he faces the ultimate consequences for his actions. There is no spokesman to try explaining away his racism so people can tell those like me how I am just making it up.

Ronald Reagan’s Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon

In newly unearthed audio, the then–California governor disparaged African delegates to the United Nations.
Jul 30, 2019
Tim Naftali

The day after the United Nations voted to recognize the People’s Republic of China, then–California Governor Ronald Reagan phoned President Richard Nixon at the White House and vented his frustration at the delegates who had sided against the United States. “Last night, I tell you, to watch that thing on television as I did,” Reagan said. “Yeah,” Nixon interjected. Reagan forged ahead with his complaint: “To see those, those monkeys from those African countries—damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes!” Nixon gave a huge laugh.

Ronald Reagan's Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon

It was well before the monolithic doctrine of Political Correctness set in and we were allowed to laugh.

No. He hired the vile Lee Atwater to run the southern strategy and allowed the rabid radical religious right a seat at a table at which l they had no place

That was GHWB idiot. And it wasn't him that gave Willie Horton a weekend pass to murder again.

 

[Third Party]

Yeah, I had forgotten about the whole "Southern Strategy" thing.

And, I fucking HATE the Jesus Nazis. Don't even get me started. Those fools deserve NO tent.

.

Religion needs to stay out of politics, no matter what yours is or what you believe.Republicans have gone all in with the religion bullshit. they are like a cult. 90% approval rating of the most un-christian president in decades. Sheep, and never should be taken seriously again.

People like Trump for different reasons-I think religion is low on the list.

Integrity must be low on the list too, dude lies at least twice a day. If religion is out then what is left? Trump is an asshole and I like that?

I don't like him but he is a better choice than any I have seen from the Democrats.

So a dude that ran a sham university for quick money, aka a scam, never tells the truth, and is a prick to everyone is better to you, no better alternative you have seen yet. For fuck sakes

Those are personal traits and don't affect me. The tax cut really helped me and others-the Democrats will raise taxes.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

It's funny how quick some people are to tell you that a particular white public figure is not racist. I remember several here trying to argue with me about how I see racism in everything because I said Trump was a racist. Now that Trump has shown his racism, people who have denied this have egg splattered all over their faces. We still see many here who try denying Trumps racism.

The same thing was done for Reagan, but you see, the truth always wins. And we should feel for Ol Ronnie because he's now in a situation where he faces the ultimate consequences for his actions. There is no spokesman to try explaining away his racism so people can tell those like me how I am just making it up.

Ronald Reagan’s Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon

In newly unearthed audio, the then–California governor disparaged African delegates to the United Nations.
Jul 30, 2019
Tim Naftali

The day after the United Nations voted to recognize the People’s Republic of China, then–California Governor Ronald Reagan phoned President Richard Nixon at the White House and vented his frustration at the delegates who had sided against the United States. “Last night, I tell you, to watch that thing on television as I did,” Reagan said. “Yeah,” Nixon interjected. Reagan forged ahead with his complaint: “To see those, those monkeys from those African countries—damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes!” Nixon gave a huge laugh.

Ronald Reagan's Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon

Reagan’s racist conversation with Nixon may have been hidden, but Reagan’s racism was on full display as governor and president.

Nixon, Reagan, Trump – the GOP’s long tradition of racism and hate continue to this day.

 

[Third Party]

It's funny how quick some people are to tell you that a particular white public figure is not racist. I remember several here trying to argue with me about how I see racism in everything because I said Trump was a racist. Now that Trump has shown his racism, people who have denied this have egg splattered all over their faces. We still see many here who try denying Trumps racism.

The same thing was done for Reagan, but you see, the truth always wins. And we should feel for Ol Ronnie because he's now in a situation where he faces the ultimate consequences for his actions. There is no spokesman to try explaining away his racism so people can tell those like me how I am just making it up.

Ronald Reagan’s Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon

In newly unearthed audio, the then–California governor disparaged African delegates to the United Nations.
Jul 30, 2019
Tim Naftali

The day after the United Nations voted to recognize the People’s Republic of China, then–California Governor Ronald Reagan phoned President Richard Nixon at the White House and vented his frustration at the delegates who had sided against the United States. “Last night, I tell you, to watch that thing on television as I did,” Reagan said. “Yeah,” Nixon interjected. Reagan forged ahead with his complaint: “To see those, those monkeys from those African countries—damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes!” Nixon gave a huge laugh.

Ronald Reagan's Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon

Reagan’s racist conversation with Nixon may have been hidden, but Reagan’s racism was on full display as governor and president.

Nixon, Reagan, Trump – the GOP’s long tradition of racism and hate continue to this day.

I don't think it is hate-I think it is a matter of their having to deal with a difficult group of people-kind of like having to deal a bunch of hippie protesters. The race thing is just an obvious way to tell the players on each side.

 

[IM2]

Religion needs to stay out of politics, no matter what yours is or what you believe.Republicans have gone all in with the religion bullshit. they are like a cult. 90% approval rating of the most un-christian president in decades. Sheep, and never should be taken seriously again.

People like Trump for different reasons-I think religion is low on the list.

Integrity must be low on the list too, dude lies at least twice a day. If religion is out then what is left? Trump is an asshole and I like that?

I don't like him but he is a better choice than any I have seen from the Democrats.

So a dude that ran a sham university for quick money, aka a scam, never tells the truth, and is a prick to everyone is better to you, no better alternative you have seen yet. For fuck sakes

Those are personal traits and don't affect me. The tax cut really helped me and others-the Democrats will raise taxes.

Democrats aren't raising taxes on anybody but the extremely rich. You support racism. Because you are a racist.

 

[IM2]

It's funny how quick some people are to tell you that a particular white public figure is not racist. I remember several here trying to argue with me about how I see racism in everything because I said Trump was a racist. Now that Trump has shown his racism, people who have denied this have egg splattered all over their faces. We still see many here who try denying Trumps racism.

The same thing was done for Reagan, but you see, the truth always wins. And we should feel for Ol Ronnie because he's now in a situation where he faces the ultimate consequences for his actions. There is no spokesman to try explaining away his racism so people can tell those like me how I am just making it up.

Ronald Reagan’s Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon

In newly unearthed audio, the then–California governor disparaged African delegates to the United Nations.
Jul 30, 2019
Tim Naftali

The day after the United Nations voted to recognize the People’s Republic of China, then–California Governor Ronald Reagan phoned President Richard Nixon at the White House and vented his frustration at the delegates who had sided against the United States. “Last night, I tell you, to watch that thing on television as I did,” Reagan said. “Yeah,” Nixon interjected. Reagan forged ahead with his complaint: “To see those, those monkeys from those African countries—damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes!” Nixon gave a huge laugh.

Ronald Reagan's Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon

Reagan’s racist conversation with Nixon may have been hidden, but Reagan’s racism was on full display as governor and president.

Nixon, Reagan, Trump – the GOP’s long tradition of racism and hate continue to this day.

I don't think it is hate-I think it is a matter of their having to deal with a difficult group of people-kind of like having to deal a bunch of hippie protesters. The race thing is just an obvious way to tell the players on each side.

Bullshit. You know it's racism and hate. But since it's not on you and you get an advantage because you're white it's fine with you.

 

[IM2]

No. He hired the vile Lee Atwater to run the southern strategy and allowed the rabid radical religious right a seat at a table at which l they had no place

Yeah, I had forgotten about the whole "Southern Strategy" thing.

As a member of the Reagan administration in 1981, Atwater gave an anonymous interview to political scientist Alexander P. Lamis. Part of the interview was printed in Lamis' book The Two-Party South, then reprinted in Southern Politics in the 1990s with Atwater's name revealed. Bob Herbert reported on the interview in the October 6, 2005, issue of The New York Times. On November 13, 2012, The Nation magazine released a 42-minute audio recording of the interview.[10] James Carter IV, grandson of former president Jimmy Carter, had asked and been granted access to these tapes by Lamis' widow. Atwater talked about the Republican Southern strategy:

Atwater: As to the whole Southern strategy that Harry S. Dent, Sr. and others put together in 1968, opposition to the Voting Rights Act would have been a central part of keeping the South. Now you don't have to do that. All that you need to do to keep the South is for Reagan to run in place on the issues that he's campaigned on since 1964, and that's fiscal conservatism, balancing the budget, cut taxes, you know, the whole cluster.

Questioner: But the fact is, isn't it, that Reagan does get to the Wallace voter and to the racist side of the Wallace voter by doing away with legal services, by cutting down on food stamps?

Atwater: Y'all don't quote me on this. You start out in 1954 by saying, "******, ******, ******". By 1968 you can't say "******"—that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states' rights and all that stuff. You're getting so abstract now [that] you're talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you're talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is [that] blacks get hurt worse than whites. And subconsciously maybe that is part of it. I'm not saying that. But I'm saying that if it is getting that abstract, and that coded, that we are doing away with the racial problem one way or the other. You follow me—because obviously sitting around saying, "We want to cut this", is much more abstract than even the busing thing, and a hell of a lot more abstract than "******, ******". So, any way you look at it, race is coming on the backbone.[11][12][13]

Atwater also argued that Reagan did not need to make racial appeals, suggesting that Reagan's issues transcended the racial prism of the "Southern Strategy":

Atwater: But Reagan did not have to do a southern strategy for two reasons. Number one, race was not a dominant issue. And number two, the mainstream issues in this campaign had been, quote, southern issues since way back in the sixties. So Reagan goes out and campaigns on the issues of economics and of national defense. The whole campaign was devoid of any kind of racism, any kind of reference. And I'll tell you another thing you all need to think about, that even surprised me, is the lack of interest, really, the lack of knowledge right now in the South among white voters about the Voting Rights Act.[14]

Lee Atwater - Wikipedia

And, I fucking HATE the Jesus Nazis. Don't even get me started. Those fools deserve NO tent.

.

Religion needs to stay out of politics, no matter what yours is or what you believe.Republicans have gone all in with the religion bullshit. they are like a cult. 90% approval rating of the most un-christian president in decades. Sheep, and never should be taken seriously again.

People like Trump for different reasons-I think religion is low on the list.

Integrity must be low on the list too, dude lies at least twice a day. If religion is out then what is left? Trump is an asshole and I like that?

Well you better get used to that asshole because he ain’t going nowhere

He is gone in 2020.

 

[Third Party]

People like Trump for different reasons-I think religion is low on the list.

Integrity must be low on the list too, dude lies at least twice a day. If religion is out then what is left? Trump is an asshole and I like that?

I don't like him but he is a better choice than any I have seen from the Democrats.

So a dude that ran a sham university for quick money, aka a scam, never tells the truth, and is a prick to everyone is better to you, no better alternative you have seen yet. For fuck sakes

Those are personal traits and don't affect me. The tax cut really helped me and others-the Democrats will raise taxes.

Democrats aren't raising taxes on anybody but the extremely rich. You support racism. Because you are a racist.

My first paycheck, LBJ raised taxes and I paid them. Ever since, Democrats have done this to the working class-don't tell us they only tax the rich-you would be lying.

 

[Third Party]

It's funny how quick some people are to tell you that a particular white public figure is not racist. I remember several here trying to argue with me about how I see racism in everything because I said Trump was a racist. Now that Trump has shown his racism, people who have denied this have egg splattered all over their faces. We still see many here who try denying Trumps racism.

The same thing was done for Reagan, but you see, the truth always wins. And we should feel for Ol Ronnie because he's now in a situation where he faces the ultimate consequences for his actions. There is no spokesman to try explaining away his racism so people can tell those like me how I am just making it up.

Ronald Reagan’s Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon

In newly unearthed audio, the then–California governor disparaged African delegates to the United Nations.
Jul 30, 2019
Tim Naftali

The day after the United Nations voted to recognize the People’s Republic of China, then–California Governor Ronald Reagan phoned President Richard Nixon at the White House and vented his frustration at the delegates who had sided against the United States. “Last night, I tell you, to watch that thing on television as I did,” Reagan said. “Yeah,” Nixon interjected. Reagan forged ahead with his complaint: “To see those, those monkeys from those African countries—damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes!” Nixon gave a huge laugh.

Ronald Reagan's Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon

Reagan’s racist conversation with Nixon may have been hidden, but Reagan’s racism was on full display as governor and president.

Nixon, Reagan, Trump – the GOP’s long tradition of racism and hate continue to this day.

I don't think it is hate-I think it is a matter of their having to deal with a difficult group of people-kind of like having to deal a bunch of hippie protesters. The race thing is just an obvious way to tell the players on each side.

Bullshit. You know it's racism and hate. But since it's not on you and you get an advantage because you're white it's fine with you.

Bullshit is your favorite word when you have no argument except-racism, racism, racism. Some day you'll get off your pity pot and stop blaming others for your perceived problems.

 

[Third Party]

Yeah, I had forgotten about the whole "Southern Strategy" thing.

And, I fucking HATE the Jesus Nazis. Don't even get me started. Those fools deserve NO tent.

.

Religion needs to stay out of politics, no matter what yours is or what you believe.Republicans have gone all in with the religion bullshit. they are like a cult. 90% approval rating of the most un-christian president in decades. Sheep, and never should be taken seriously again.

People like Trump for different reasons-I think religion is low on the list.

Integrity must be low on the list too, dude lies at least twice a day. If religion is out then what is left? Trump is an asshole and I like that?

Well you better get used to that asshole because he ain’t going nowhere

He is gone in 2020.

Maybe, maybe not. Be ready for anything.

 

[ninja007]

OH NOES! BLACKS (LIBS) WONT LOVE A DEAD WHITE CONSERVATIVE PRESIDENT NOW (OH WAIT....)

 

[jillian]

Yeah, I had forgotten about the whole "Southern Strategy" thing.

And, I fucking HATE the Jesus Nazis. Don't even get me started. Those fools deserve NO tent.

.

Religion needs to stay out of politics, no matter what yours is or what you believe.Republicans have gone all in with the religion bullshit. they are like a cult. 90% approval rating of the most un-christian president in decades. Sheep, and never should be taken seriously again.

People like Trump for different reasons-I think religion is low on the list.

Integrity must be low on the list too, dude lies at least twice a day. If religion is out then what is left? Trump is an asshole and I like that?

Well you better get used to that asshole because he ain’t going nowhere

He is gone in 2020.

Hopefully. But trumpkins are morons so they think he’s unbeatable

Stupid little shills

 

[Dogmaphobe]

It's funny how quick some people are to tell you that a particular white public figure is not racist. I remember several here trying to argue with me about how I see racism in everything because I said Trump was a racist. Now that Trump has shown his racism, people who have denied this have egg splattered all over their faces. We still see many here who try denying Trumps racism.

The same thing was done for Reagan, but you see, the truth always wins. And we should feel for Ol Ronnie because he's now in a situation where he faces the ultimate consequences for his actions. There is no spokesman to try explaining away his racism so people can tell those like me how I am just making it up.

Ronald Reagan’s Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon

In newly unearthed audio, the then–California governor disparaged African delegates to the United Nations.
Jul 30, 2019
Tim Naftali

The day after the United Nations voted to recognize the People’s Republic of China, then–California Governor Ronald Reagan phoned President Richard Nixon at the White House and vented his frustration at the delegates who had sided against the United States. “Last night, I tell you, to watch that thing on television as I did,” Reagan said. “Yeah,” Nixon interjected. Reagan forged ahead with his complaint: “To see those, those monkeys from those African countries—damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes!” Nixon gave a huge laugh.

Ronald Reagan's Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon

Reagan’s racist conversation with Nixon may have been hidden, but Reagan’s racism was on full display as governor and president.

Nixon, Reagan, Trump – the GOP’s long tradition of racism and hate continue to this day.

I don't think it is hate-I think it is a matter of their having to deal with a difficult group of people-kind of like having to deal a bunch of hippie protesters. The race thing is just an obvious way to tell the players on each side.

Hippie protesters are easy to deal with.

All you have to do is tell them that the dead are playing in the next town over.

 

[IM2]

It's funny how quick some people are to tell you that a particular white public figure is not racist. I remember several here trying to argue with me about how I see racism in everything because I said Trump was a racist. Now that Trump has shown his racism, people who have denied this have egg splattered all over their faces. We still see many here who try denying Trumps racism.

The same thing was done for Reagan, but you see, the truth always wins. And we should feel for Ol Ronnie because he's now in a situation where he faces the ultimate consequences for his actions. There is no spokesman to try explaining away his racism so people can tell those like me how I am just making it up.

Ronald Reagan’s Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon

In newly unearthed audio, the then–California governor disparaged African delegates to the United Nations.
Jul 30, 2019
Tim Naftali

The day after the United Nations voted to recognize the People’s Republic of China, then–California Governor Ronald Reagan phoned President Richard Nixon at the White House and vented his frustration at the delegates who had sided against the United States. “Last night, I tell you, to watch that thing on television as I did,” Reagan said. “Yeah,” Nixon interjected. Reagan forged ahead with his complaint: “To see those, those monkeys from those African countries—damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes!” Nixon gave a huge laugh.

Ronald Reagan's Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon

Reagan’s racist conversation with Nixon may have been hidden, but Reagan’s racism was on full display as governor and president.

Nixon, Reagan, Trump – the GOP’s long tradition of racism and hate continue to this day.

I don't think it is hate-I think it is a matter of their having to deal with a difficult group of people-kind of like having to deal a bunch of hippie protesters. The race thing is just an obvious way to tell the players on each side.

Bullshit. You know it's racism and hate. But since it's not on you and you get an advantage because you're white it's fine with you.

Bullshit is your favorite word when you have no argument except-racism, racism, racism. Some day you'll get off your pity pot and stop blaming others for your perceived problems.

When you turn black and live, I will consider your opinion on racism.